I definitely agree on the model issue. I guess we have to wait to see what the other characters will appear like but I am not sold on Elma's new look. But I personally like Lin's new version.
I definitely agree with you about the changes in the character models, such as Elma. One of the first things I noticed about her was her hair, and it was straight and blowing gently in the wind and had realistic lighting on it in the Wii U version, while in the Switch version her hair is more stiff and kinda like glued together and the lighting doesn't look nearly as good. I don't remember enough about Lin to recognize her differences, besides looking slightly older in the Switch version, which might mean they'll be changing her age to maybe 16 instead of 13. As for my expectations/hopes, mostly just QoL, better direction for quests and their drops, and of course extra story/content. I remember one time I was using the guide ball to try finding an entrance to a volcano that was the destination of a quest I was on, and instead of the light guiding me to the entrance, it just went directly through the side of the mountain and no matter where I tried to use it, it would never lead me to an actual entrance. So I hope that guidance system gets improved as well. Good video, it was great to hear your thoughts on it.
i would hope they dont change her age, since that impacts how her relationship with lao unfolds, and yes! that is my issue with the follow ball! Like umm i cant follow you through a wall!
So I'm pretty excited about this game being re-released. I bought and played it on launch back when it came out on the Wii U. I was super stoked because the OG Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii is my favorite JRPG of all time, so when they released this game on the Wii U, I was 100% sold before I even knew anything about it. I was a little disappointed, not gonna lie. I liked the game, don't get me wrong, but there were a lot of things about the game I did not enjoy, and that I hope they fix with this release. Some of the forced exploration, how the lock story progression behind meaningless companion quests, the way the companions themselves (outside the main two) don't matter, and how lifeless NLA actually felt to me. There are a few other issues I had with the game, but overall the game was a lot of fun. I put well over 150 hours into the game. My biggest wishes for the game are for them to rebalance the exploration and make the other companions feel more meaningful outside their own side-quests. I want to be able to take someone _other_ than Lin with me. What I am very excited about though is flying my skell around the world and seeing it in all its glory once again. Customizing and naming the skells was one of my favorite things to do in the game.
If anything I think the new story is setting up a sequel and possible connection to the Klaus trilogy since project exodus is mentioned at the end of future redeemed. Also answering all the questions that are left besides lao, the Black Knight and planet Mira itself, is going to be incredibly difficult in epilogue that is 5 to 10 hours if its the same size of future connected or the other expansions.
Definitely got yourself another sub. Been a huge fan of Xenoblade X when I got it on release. I had the choice of that and Fallout 4. Bought myself Xenoblade and I got lost in Mira for hundreds of hours. I was pretty miffed when it didn’t get a sequel and basically refused to play Xeno 2 and 3 til X got a sequel or remaster. My desires were answered after I’d given up hope lmao See you on Mira, dude!
Thanks ! I still hope it gets a sequel and I'm hoping this opens the door for one (fingers crossed) See you on Mira! maybe we'll even get to actually see each other in game if the online is anything like how it was before!
So it's kinda funny cause I had just discovered your channel just two weeks ago. And was actually enjoying your XBX and then BOOM, Definitive Edition announcement drops and I was like oh shiiiizzzz
@riisaction thanks 🙂 yeah its been fun. I often watch them when I get home... I've been wanting to replay X but now I'm thinking I might watch till the Switch version
It's such a crazy coincidence that this was announced just as you completed the story that I can't help but think you must have manifested this into existence! Prior to the Switch, I had never owned a Nintendo home console, so this game's initial release passed me by. From watching your gameplay, I could tell it was fun, and I knew that I wanted to play it for myself, so you can imagine I was pretty hyped to learn that it was being ported to the Switch. As for any possible changes to character designs and dialogue, it would be a shame for newer players not to experience the game as it originally was. I could see there being some kind of divide between old Wii U players and Switch babies. With all that being said, thank you so much for introducing this awesome game to me!
yeah I think I did too! Because what are the odds of this timing! I'm glad you'll be able to experience it too now even if it is kind of different and we'll be able to play along together!
Lmao I have never seen this channel before but I may just have to subscribe because you pretty much described all of my own thoughts about the definitive edition! Also to answer 12:58, you're right that there was DLC, but only in Japan- not that we were missing content, but in the international release they just packaged everything that was DLC into the base game
lol im glad to see im not the only one with these opinions! And okay that makes a lot of sense because as far as i knew i had heard HB, alexa, and others were supposedly dlc
@6:00 i believe the change might have to do with the original artist no longer being with monolith soft but I need to find a source for that, as I heard this from another youtuber's video on this same topic
About your point of attracting new fans, yes there will be the weirdos (tbh already seen a couple in comments) but what bothers me most are the blind haters it will now attract. People won’t play the game or watch any content on it to properly build an opinion and still will shit on it just bc it’s the popular new thing.
Yeah I worry about that too but fingers crossed we're able to avoid those types of people and just enjoy it with others who enjoy the game just as much
I put about 1600 hours into the wii u version. I guess im about yo do the same on the switch 😂 Going to have to telle kids that i womt be around for a while haha
You can play this game in higher quality, 4k resolution, 60 fps and some graphic mods on a computer with the Сemu emulator. There is also a "fake" online. I see no reason not to do this, because it is much more enjoyable, especially after Nintendo killed the online in this game. I am more than sure that the graphics on the Switch will not be as good as we would like, because the Switch has been outdated for a long time. But we are waiting for this port not only because of the graphics, but because of other changes and, possibly, the plot.
I definitely agree on the model issue. I guess we have to wait to see what the other characters will appear like but I am not sold on Elma's new look. But I personally like Lin's new version.
@12:24 lmao glad we agree, I was like 🤭 oh my Lao?
i think there should be a playlist feature.
I definitely agree with you about the changes in the character models, such as Elma. One of the first things I noticed about her was her hair, and it was straight and blowing gently in the wind and had realistic lighting on it in the Wii U version, while in the Switch version her hair is more stiff and kinda like glued together and the lighting doesn't look nearly as good. I don't remember enough about Lin to recognize her differences, besides looking slightly older in the Switch version, which might mean they'll be changing her age to maybe 16 instead of 13.
As for my expectations/hopes, mostly just QoL, better direction for quests and their drops, and of course extra story/content.
I remember one time I was using the guide ball to try finding an entrance to a volcano that was the destination of a quest I was on, and instead of the light guiding me to the entrance, it just went directly through the side of the mountain and no matter where I tried to use it, it would never lead me to an actual entrance. So I hope that guidance system gets improved as well.
Good video, it was great to hear your thoughts on it.
i would hope they dont change her age, since that impacts how her relationship with lao unfolds, and yes! that is my issue with the follow ball! Like umm i cant follow you through a wall!
In the Wii U version, their faces didn’t really move, now in the switch version, their hair doesn’t move 😂
lolllll
So I'm pretty excited about this game being re-released. I bought and played it on launch back when it came out on the Wii U. I was super stoked because the OG Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii is my favorite JRPG of all time, so when they released this game on the Wii U, I was 100% sold before I even knew anything about it.
I was a little disappointed, not gonna lie. I liked the game, don't get me wrong, but there were a lot of things about the game I did not enjoy, and that I hope they fix with this release. Some of the forced exploration, how the lock story progression behind meaningless companion quests, the way the companions themselves (outside the main two) don't matter, and how lifeless NLA actually felt to me. There are a few other issues I had with the game, but overall the game was a lot of fun. I put well over 150 hours into the game.
My biggest wishes for the game are for them to rebalance the exploration and make the other companions feel more meaningful outside their own side-quests. I want to be able to take someone _other_ than Lin with me.
What I am very excited about though is flying my skell around the world and seeing it in all its glory once again. Customizing and naming the skells was one of my favorite things to do in the game.
If anything I think the new story is setting up a sequel and possible connection to the Klaus trilogy since project exodus is mentioned at the end of future redeemed. Also answering all the questions that are left besides lao, the Black Knight and planet Mira itself, is going to be incredibly difficult in epilogue that is 5 to 10 hours if its the same size of future connected or the other expansions.
Just found your streams, this announcement came at the perfect time
0:13 just the music starting is giving me goosebumps already i cant wait to play this game again.
I Really Like your video thumbnails. It is so colorful and beautiful.❤ 1 sub coz you are a nintendo enthusiast❤
thank you!
Definitely got yourself another sub. Been a huge fan of Xenoblade X when I got it on release. I had the choice of that and Fallout 4. Bought myself Xenoblade and I got lost in Mira for hundreds of hours. I was pretty miffed when it didn’t get a sequel and basically refused to play Xeno 2 and 3 til X got a sequel or remaster. My desires were answered after I’d given up hope lmao
See you on Mira, dude!
Thanks ! I still hope it gets a sequel and I'm hoping this opens the door for one (fingers crossed) See you on Mira! maybe we'll even get to actually see each other in game if the online is anything like how it was before!
So it's kinda funny cause I had just discovered your channel just two weeks ago. And was actually enjoying your XBX and then BOOM, Definitive Edition announcement drops and I was like oh shiiiizzzz
loll well im glad youve been enjoying the streams!
@riisaction thanks 🙂 yeah its been fun. I often watch them when I get home... I've been wanting to replay X but now I'm thinking I might watch till the Switch version
It's such a crazy coincidence that this was announced just as you completed the story that I can't help but think you must have manifested this into existence! Prior to the Switch, I had never owned a Nintendo home console, so this game's initial release passed me by. From watching your gameplay, I could tell it was fun, and I knew that I wanted to play it for myself, so you can imagine I was pretty hyped to learn that it was being ported to the Switch. As for any possible changes to character designs and dialogue, it would be a shame for newer players not to experience the game as it originally was. I could see there being some kind of divide between old Wii U players and Switch babies. With all that being said, thank you so much for introducing this awesome game to me!
yeah I think I did too! Because what are the odds of this timing! I'm glad you'll be able to experience it too now even if it is kind of different and we'll be able to play along together!
Lmao I have never seen this channel before but I may just have to subscribe because you pretty much described all of my own thoughts about the definitive edition!
Also to answer 12:58, you're right that there was DLC, but only in Japan- not that we were missing content, but in the international release they just packaged everything that was DLC into the base game
lol im glad to see im not the only one with these opinions! And okay that makes a lot of sense because as far as i knew i had heard HB, alexa, and others were supposedly dlc
I’m excited to see the darn worldddd and that scene where the sun rises , I just really wanna see that on the darn switch man😭👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥
thats one of my favorite scenes
This video was AMAZINGGG OMGGG !!! Sooo fun to watch and think with you🤭🤭
yaaaaaaaay!
1:34 Right it’s just INSAAAAANE !!😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥
4:03 yeaaaa, I mean it just looks very different and it feels like it could change the feel 😭
@6:00 i believe the change might have to do with the original artist no longer being with monolith soft but I need to find a source for that, as I heard this from another youtuber's video on this same topic
hmm interesting
AYEEEEE IT’S HEREEEEE🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳😭😭😭
5:45 right yeah, and it fit cuz it was NLA and the whole story was just semi realistic 😭 so the more realisticness fit👀
@18:45 old timer 😂
About your point of attracting new fans, yes there will be the weirdos (tbh already seen a couple in comments) but what bothers me most are the blind haters it will now attract. People won’t play the game or watch any content on it to properly build an opinion and still will shit on it just bc it’s the popular new thing.
Yeah I worry about that too but fingers crossed we're able to avoid those types of people and just enjoy it with others who enjoy the game just as much
1:58 lollllllll🤣🤣🤣 seriously man it’d be said so much 😭
5:20 yeah the second one didn’t feel as iconic 😭 idk why😭
2:45 Exactlyyyyy 😭👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I thought that tooooo like what are the odds 😭
@15:50 maybe this has more to do with Nintendo music being a thing now?
whats that?
I put about 1600 hours into the wii u version. I guess im about yo do the same on the switch 😂
Going to have to telle kids that i womt be around for a while haha
30:23 omggg that’s awesomeeee !!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥
11:21 OMGGG I hope sooo and I hope it’s because they plan on making a sequel 👀👀
me too!
7:06 yeah maybe they’ll grow and if it has a different feel it at least fits ?👀😭
25:37 yeah people will probably wanna experience that OG feeling and right compare and contrast and theorize and things👀
12:37 Hopefully freakingggg leeeeee👏🏽👏🏽 that’d be soooo awesomeeee😭😭👏🏽
Nice video!
Thank you!
14:00 righttt I can’t wait to see how amazinggggg it’ll look👏🏽👏🏽🔥
16:17 right man 👏🏽👏🏽 it’s just sooo beautiful and so many songs that will constantly be stuck in the head 😭🤣
21:36 ooooo I hope so toooo and I hope it’s more detailed Thatd be soooo amazing 👏🏽👏🏽🔥
11:48 Rightttt like what if there are hints and foreshadowings to it that we didn’t notice👏🏽👏🏽
You can play this game in higher quality, 4k resolution, 60 fps and some graphic mods on a computer with the Сemu emulator. There is also a "fake" online. I see no reason not to do this, because it is much more enjoyable, especially after Nintendo killed the online in this game. I am more than sure that the graphics on the Switch will not be as good as we would like, because the Switch has been outdated for a long time. But we are waiting for this port not only because of the graphics, but because of other changes and, possibly, the plot.
17:06 righttt it’s so coool meeting others who know about this game man👏🏽👏🏽🔥
14:17 OOOO YESSS HOW WILL THEY LOOOK OMGGG OMG OMG OMGGG THATD BE SO CRAZY👀👀
28:55 YAYYYY I CANT WAITTTTT !!!🥳🥳🥳🥳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
24:16 oooooo that’d be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭👏🏽
27:13 HURRRAYYYYYYAAA !!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳😭😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
20:33 lollll right man 👏🏽👏🏽🔥
27:52 ohhhh snap 👀👀 and the one with Nagi👀
17:55 right trueeeeee👀👀🤣 lollllll🤣
18:46 righttt now we’ll just be the OG community, hopefully it just attracts people who can enjoy it as is without adding weirdness😭
12:27 right I really wonder that too🤔
20:19 hopefully they will and it’ll be the same but with added missions and/or features 👀👀
15:11 ohhhh snapppp right 🫢👀 that’s crazyyyyyyyy👀👀 the foreshadowingsssss👀
7:56 I wonder if it’ll look even cooler👀👀😂
18:22 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣lollllllaaa dang I don’t wanna age like that yet
13:29 lolllllaaa right cuz they look more anime ish but the world is still kinda realistic seeming🤭
yeah
26:33 PLEEEEEEASEEEE😭😭- AYEEEEEEE🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳😝😝😝🔥🔥🔥
I wonder if they bring the onlineeeee !!!👀👀👀
23:08 he did that’s probably why Elma and Lin seemed more out of place 👀🤭
19:39 and you might be able to showcase ur when this comes outttt👀👀👀🫢
24:01 dangggg more getting lost man😭
23:36 omgggg I didn’t even think of that !!! How will they incorporate thatttt🫢👀 youre probably right man😭